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I’ve finally finished moving! Since I last posted: New Job, New Cat, New a whole lotta things. Including: New Videos. If you follow my twitter or instagram – you know I love Drag. I love genderplay. I love costume and creativity. And so, with some reservations, I FREAKING ADORE RuPaul’s Drag Race. As does Mke – so together we’re watching and providing Rifftrax-style commentary for, all of Season 6. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpF3yvbm0sM&list=PL7pJ1UadEj2trbOgpV4bPgz295b2YwhFX;&w=500;s=10] I’ve started sharing my film recommendations for this spoopy season. Horror recommendations for squeamish people. First up: Cabin in the Woods. (Though honestly, if you’ve not seen it – just watch it now, spoiler free,Read More →

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxG2Csqv4zA&w=500;s=10] I just cannot get enough of The Switch; the Transgender Comedy that will be hitting American and Canadian television late next year. And while I have plugged it before, when have I been able to resist an interview with some charming and hilarious Canadians? Amy Fox (Series Creator, actor; Chris) and Chance Odin (actor; Phil) join me for a chat about the show’s origins and development, the Kickstarter’s progression and what we can look forward to in the Season 1 debut. Not only will The Switch be bringing a transgender lead character to our screens for the first time – Sü will beRead More →

This weekend I interviewed Lindsay Penn aka “The Dinz” for The Geek Show. And for those outside of the know (‘the know’ here referring to my twitter and tumblr profiles) I FREAKING ADORE her biweekly YouTube program and have wanted an excuse to promote her for several months now. the DINZ Interview Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bsbITJKTk8&width=250 the DINZ Interview Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vdaNKxhclE&width=250 The Dinz has been described best by their VFX artist Kezi, “It’s a motivational speech with sketch-comedy cutaways”. Every Tuesday Lindsay tackles a different topic, and reasons through it with advice, evidence and hyperbolas or example sketches from the rest of the crew. TheRead More →

This tumblr post annoyed me: http://sexyandgeeky.tumblr.com/post/47361432727/doctor-who-bechdel-test And while I did post a tl;dr in response, it got me thinking about the Bechdel Test and how it’s misused by people as a way to judge something without properly discussing the content. Like aggregator review scores, the test doesn’t have room to properly describe the plot, characters or context of the result – so I figured I’d make a quick podcast about the ways the text can be used, and the ways it should not. Music: Ponky Fonky Ferret, by Goto80 & The Uwe Schenk Band, from their album The Ferret Show. NOTE: The download is sadlyRead More →

It’s a little-kept secret that in 2004 a crime drama series called Nikki & Nora came close but sadly missed being picked-up for network television. There are many theories as to why; the police drama was too traditional, there wasn’t a special ‘gimmick’ going on, it was lead by not one but two strong female characters – or most likely they felt that it was too soon for a serious drama that focused on a same-sex couple. Television has come a long way since then, but we still lack something like N&N – he have a (small) number of (archetypical) LGBT characters on mainstream televisionRead More →